Back to the 25th May 1991 and the Mildenhall Air Fete, a reminder of the recently ended Gulf Air War. This was Jaguar GR.1A XZ367 as 54 Sqn 'GP' wearing White Rose nose art plus an ordnance tally. She is now an instructional airframe with 1 SoTT.
XX109 was mainly used for development work and service trials with the A&AEE. On 26 April 1975, BAC testpilot Tim Ferguson undertook several take-offs and landings on the then new M55 motorway near Blackpool to test the type’s rough airstrip capacity.
The ex-RAF Sepecat Jaguar (XX741; msnS38; EJ) from the "Flying Canopeners", poses for the photographers, during a night-shoot/re-enactment event at RAF Bentwaters (organized by BCWM & COAP).
The ex-RAF Sepecat Jaguar (XX741; msnS38; EJ) from the "Flying Canopeners", poses for the photographers, during a night-shoot/re-enactment event at RAF Bentwaters (organized by BCWM & COAP).
The ex-RAF Sepecat Jaguar (XX741; msnS38; EJ) from the "Flying Canopeners", poses for the photographers, during a photo-shoot at RAF Bentwaters (organized by BCWM & COAP).
The ex-RAF Sepecat Jaguar (XX741; msnS38; EJ) from the "Flying Canopeners", poses for the photographers, during a night-shoot at RAF Bentwaters (organized by BCWM & COAP).
This ex-RAF Sepecat Jaguar (XX741; msnS38; EJ) from the "Flying Canopeners", piloted by Djeeraj "D-Reg" Bhasin (MBE RAF Wing Commander), is seen here completing its spectacular high-speed taxi-run, at RAF Bentwaters (organized by BCWM & COAP).
This ex-RAF Sepecat Jaguar (XX741; msnS38; EJ) from the "Flying Canopeners", piloted by Djeeraj "D-Reg" Bhasin (MBE RAF Wing Commander), is seen here reversing on the runway after completing its spectacular high-speed taxi-run, at RAF Bentwaters.
In the central position of XX761's cockpit, below the HUD, is the Projected Map Display, or ‘moving map’, manufactured by Elliott Bros (London) Ltd. The map scale on the PMD could be changed between 1:500,000 and 1:250,000.
The ex-RAF Sepecat Jaguar (XX741; msnS38; EJ) from the "Flying Canopeners", poses for the photographers, during a Cold War re-enactment event at Bentwaters (organized by BCWM & COAP).
The ex-RAF Sepecat Jaguar (XX741; msnS38; EJ) from the "Flying Canopeners", poses for the photographers, during a Cold War re-enactment at Bentwaters (event organized by BCWM & COAP).